Places to visit outside York

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If you want a good pub away from the tourists, try a village outside York. Rufforth, Askham Richard, Askham Bryan, Poppleton (which boasts that rare kind of pub where John Wesley spent a night ! ), Acaster, Bishopthorpe. They all have good pubs, many of them providing food to a high standard , but at prices aimed at the locals instead of the tourists.

For days out, try :-

The Dales, (Herriot country) ;

The North York Moors (Heartbeat country );

Castle Howard (Brideshead revisited country) (click here for website);

Whitby ( Dracula country) ;

Scarborough;

Knaresborough with Old Mother Shipton’s Wishing Well;

Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey , two of the most magnificent ruined abbeys in Engalnd;

The brewery tours at Masham ;

Even a day out to Leeds with shops, the National Armouries Museum and other attractions;

Harewood House between Harrogate and Leeds is worth a visit (click here for website).

Eden Camp near Malton is an interesting Second World war museum;

Selby Abbey and Beverley Minster, quite different in scale to York Minster ;

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Links to other websites for attractions outside York

Heritage and attractions	www.york.gov.uk/heritage/index.html
Castle Howard	www.castlehoward.co.uk
Harewood House	www.harewood.org
Events and information	www.thisisyork.co.uk
Events and information (2)	www.yorkgateway.co.uk

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Last updated 6/12/2002